There are 12 ways to get from Como to Edinburgh by plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)LIN - EDI
6h 47m£70–197Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)MXP - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
6h 54m£50–226Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HBEc
- Take the train from Zürich HB to MulhouseTgv
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to StrasbourgTer / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
16h 58m£291–799Bus
- Take the bus from Lugano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
29h 3m£75–212Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Como to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
18h 47mTrain, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BGY - EDI
6h 48m£88–230Fly Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)MXP - EDI
6h 11m£60–161Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ZRH - EDI
7h 34m£130–297Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Newcastle
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Newcastle (NCL)BGY - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
8h 13m£68–244Train
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta GaribaldiS11
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
17h 27m£182–638Train, bus
- Take the train from Como Borghi to Milano CadornaR17
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Gent
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
34h 55mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Como to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
19h 42m£257–384
Como to Edinburgh by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Como to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £55 - £170 and takes 6h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Como to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 11m and costs £55 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Como to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Como and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Lugano, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Como to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Como S. Giovanni and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Zürich HB, Mulhouse Ville, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 58m.
The distance between Como and Edinburgh is 954 miles.
The best way to get from Como to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 16h 58m and costs £290 - £800.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Como to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Como to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lugano station.
Como to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Como S. Giovanni station.
The best way to get from Como to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs £70 - £200. Alternatively, you can train via Strasbourg, which costs £290 - £800 and takes 16h 58m, you could also bus, which costs £75 - £220 and takes 29h 3m.
What companies run services between Como, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Air Dolomiti, and two other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Como S. Giovanni to Edinburgh Waverley via Zürich HB, Mulhouse, Mulhouse Ville, Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 16h 58m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Newcastle via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £19–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Porta Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como Borghi to Milano Cadorna
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lugano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–15
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- £11–15
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Como to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Brussels - Midi Train Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Como. It is currently 2:55 AM in Como and 1:55 AM in Edinburgh.
Como to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
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